What is FLTeach?The FLTEACH email LISTSERV was shut down on Dec. 31, 2024.
The Foreign Language Teaching Forum is an integrated service for FL teachers, dedicated to encouraging communication, sharing, and collaboration at all levels. Our broad discussion topic is foreign language teaching methods for any level of instruction in all languages. Specific areas of discussion include school/college articulation, training of student teachers, classroom activities, curriculum, and syllabus design. Students in teacher training programs, teachers both new and experienced, administrators, and other professionals interested in any aspect of foreign language teaching are invited to participate in our discussions.
The basic premise of the list is that as professional Foreign Language teachers we are all in this together and are here to help one another. The moderators expect all participation in FLTEACH to be supportive and collegial and to follow the basic rules of good Netiquette.
FLTEACH resources include:
- This web site (hosted by the State University of New York College at Cortland)
- The email LISTSERV Academic Discussion List was hosted by SUNY Buffalo, but is now shut down.
- List archives (hosted on a computer at SUNY Buffalo)
- Subscription data, subscriber biographies, web interface.
- An FLTEACH Facebook group is managed by Polly Franklin.
Information about many of these and other features of FLTEACH can be found under the Ancillaries tab.
FLTEACH was founded in February 1994 by the moderators, Jean LeLoup (US Air Force Academy) & Bob Ponterio (SUNY Cortland, Modern Languages Department).
Previous external funding
In the past, FLTEACH was partially supported by two grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
- First (1997-2001) through a "Teaching with Technology: Educational Development and Demonstration: Diffusion and Dissemination" grant titled "FLTEACH: Communication Technologies for Professional Development and Foreign Language Instruction." We appreciate having received contributions from individuals to help meet our $10,000 goal for matching funds. You can see the details of that grant objectives and timeline as well as a listing of generous FLTEACH supporters.
- Next (2002-2006) through an "Exemplary Education Project: Dissemination Project" grant titled "FLTEACH: A Model for Professional Development and Foreign Language Instruction."
Currently, FLTEACH has no funding and is supported by the moderators.
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